Belle- A Retelling of The Sleeping Beauty

                                               
       Another book from one of my favourite authors and I finished it in a day.  Here Belle is a good wood carver( No, I'm not kidding) and she can 'see' what 'lies at the heart of the wood she holds'. Belle still  has her parents and her sisters are kind. Okayyy, that definitely weirded me out.That part I could tolerate. Another thing is that for the first hundred pages or so of the book, there was not much said about the beast or anything.
 Even though I like this book, Belle's view on Beauty was weird and I didn't quite understand it. The real action part of the book is really less and it seems to me like real short. The author should have taken time to explain things about the beast, and his feelings too. I mean we know Belle's thing about Beauty. But what about the beast? Nothing personal about him has been explained. If he has spent all his time in the woods, then he must have some strong feelings regarding his state. He lost his family and friends. Right? But no mention of it.

     Then the rose detail seen in the Disney movie.
                              
That was too good to lose.I did like the book, mind you. But I'm just saying that there was real potential for the book that the author failed to use. The beauty and the beast is my favorite (ever) princess story.
                               How can anyone resist this look?

The basic story line ( of the retelling) is amazing but everything else needed a lot of working on.

A Walk to Remember..

 Ok..I took the advice of my friends and finally went and read the book. I cant say that I'm impressed very much. To be honest I figured out the plot and maybe like half the ending , 20 pgs into the book. Or maybe that is just me. I have imagined a story like this, but that might be because there was absolutely nothing to do in Geography periods of 5th, 6th and 7th grade. Any way my favorite part is the prologue. The rest was like open to me. I dont know if anyone feels the same way.
                                               
   So if you ask me if I think whether you should read the book or not. I would shrug. Maybe its just me. I wonder if I can turn this book into something else. I mean if I had written this book, maybe this would be the way it would turn out to be. While reading this book I was half freaking out- How the hell did this guy know this story? I imagined something like this once. But there is the fact that I would not have the patience to sit and write long long stories.What I like BEST is the quote on the book cover given below.
See below for the Goodreads  review..( Not Mine)

House of the Night series.

                                        

               Personally, if you ask me whether or not you should read this book, I would say no. Keep away from this book if you are a lover of great books like Hunger Games, Chemical Garden, Matched, Harry Potter etc. Don't touch this book with a ten foot pole

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             How do i know this? Because I read it. Don't get me wrong. I suffered through the first 4 or 5 books and I kept hoping the series would improve following the example of the other books of P.C Cast. But unfortunately, my wish did not come true. By then I had to know how this crappy excuse for a series would turn out.

           I do not mean to like, hurt the feelings of the lovers of this series but this tops the list of worst ever vamp stories. Seriously who swears like Zoey. It is designed for you to laugh at and mock her. The character that I could tolerate the most in the series is Kalona because he is the bad ass villain.And at the end of the 10Th book he decides to go all good on me. Ahhhhhh......  

            Oh my god.... I just found out that there is a GRAPHIC novel for the series. How in the world did the series become graphic worthy?  *disbelief* The graphic part is soo not appealing.  In the book they characters are casted in such a way that they seem to be trying desperately to seem like a normal teen. But then  the graphics sort of casts them as other-worldly. It is plain creepy.

                       

           Another thing I hated about the book was the part where the characters are named after either Greek of Roman goddesses. All the images of Nyx, Aphrodite are totally rewritten. I hated that. And Nyx as in this series shows partiality. She appears to Zoey and Zoey talks to her mostly on a really familiar level and when she appears to the rest of the HON people they are all awed. Nyx as far as I see never visits any of the lesser talented fledglings.

            What I liked about the series is the novella about Dragon and I intend to read the novellas about Lenobia, Neferet and Kalona.

    

Photos!!!!!

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My Fair Godmother

  ( Guys, I am gonna delete my other blog so i am transferring all the contents of that blog onto this one.)                      

                                          
After her boyfriend dumps sophomore Savannah Delano, she wishes she could find a real prince to take to the prom. Then enters Chrissy( Chrysanthemum) Everstar, Savannah's high heel wearing , almost shopaholic 
Fair Godmother to grant her three wishes and hence set her life straight. But as Savannah finds out not too long after there is a reason why Chrissy is called 'Fair' Godmother instead of 'Fairy' Godmother...

Current Favorite Songs..

THIS IS RANDOMLY LISTED

• Afterglow  --   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ZpjD6x77E

• Drops of Jupiter --   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhJA0CRpaJA

• Winding Road--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTn31jn1JZ4    [Awesome pics]

• Ordinary Boy--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngoKmZCZ4s4

• Dreams --   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BglEyv5O2Y

• With or Without You ( just heard it)--  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeDqRhM09w&feature=related

• The Scientist--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBym7kv2IM&feature=related

• Viva La Vida--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oncmL69ZEJ8&feature=related

• Paradise--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY7lUkAPbY&feature=related

• Yellow--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PDUO3l8xiM&feature=related

• Clocks--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHZBKl7KPw&feature=related

• In My Place--   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hdTGe3Emnw&feature=related  [its just passable]

P.S

   My camera is full charged and already I have taken a lot of pictures. So once I get them on my computer I'll post them. Look out friends!

My Mistake

  I am officially taking back my comment that i 'LOVE' 10th std.. At the moment I hate it!!! Why? Because the teachers are going so damn fast!! How are we supposed to memorise ( yes I used that word on purpose) malayalam chapters if most of us dont even READ it at home?? ARGH!!!

And currently I am going through the exams without any idea what i am studying. God help me!

Thinking about a Quote..

         I recently heard a quote that made me don my thinking cap. This is from a book- A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. The quote is ' It all comes down to who is by your side'.

Camera Crazy!

       I am going camera crazy!!! Again.....I don't know why but there is something with me and taking random pics. So for sometime most probably you would have to bear with me and go through all my pics...But I would have to recharge my NIKKI( Yeah its my camera.. Cant I name my camera?????


      STAY ON THE WATCH FOR PICS!!!

Update

        You know this is the time to hate school

            Really is but I am having second thoughts about that. Take away the pressure of work it is actually quite nice. Call me weird but all this pressure to complete projects and to study is really agreeing with me. I work better under pressure, maybe...
   Okayyy. I am not exactly in full control of my senses. 
  You would ask what kind of kid like 10th grade ICSE syllabus.
 
Let me tell you.

Read More.

Cake Disaster

          On last Tuesday, I baked a cake. Well actually tried to bake a cake.  In the beginning I was super excited, imagining myself holding a wonderful cake an eating it with ice cream an dthen like telling friends about it and stuff.

             But my dreams was quickly shattered by the smell coming out of the oven! First time and I had burnt my cake.

This picture is not an original one

         It is the 5 minute chocolate mug cake recipe that I got online. The second time I did not have any measures with me and I sort of guessed and did it. I was pretty surprised  when it came out fine. Well to be honest, not exactly fine. I put too little chocolate and a bit too much egg. Anyway my hopes returned I set out to make a third one later that week.


*LATER*
      I give up!!! I tried to bake thrice and all three times I failed.

         Third time and something is definitely wrong. Everyone else but me said the cake is okay but I could not even taste the cake. Maybe I should try buying cakes from the store!

Update

           You may have noticed that I have been adding some recipes. This is because I plan to delete one of my blogs and convert this into a mix.So most probably form now on you would hear  my kitchen exploration stories as well.
                               

Biscuit Pudding

This is a recipe I got from a magazine at is at least as old as I am. This item is very easy to make and will be enjoyed by kids.


What You Need

•               Biscuit- a packet or two. You can take your favorite biscuit but not a flavored one. You can use arrowroot,  tiger biscuit, Britannia etc. The amount you need depends on the size of the bowl you use
•               Instant coffee - I used Bru.
•               Hot water - one and a half glass.
•               Sugar- 2 tbsp
•               Vanilla Ice cream- litre

             


Method
          Take a rectangular bowl ( make sure that it can fit into your freezer) and completely cover the bottom using the biscuits. If there are any cracks in between the biscuits you have to cover it by crumbling the biscuit into powder and then putting it in between. Te layer should be almost 2 cm thick.


           Now mix the hot water, instant coffee powder and sugar just like you would do to make black coffee.Pour it over the biscuit layer to just soak it. You have to take care not to put too much coffee or when you freeze the pudding the excess water will form ice at the bottom ruining the taste of the pudding. And I learned this the hard way!

            After soaking the biscuits it is time to take out the ice-cream!!! Cover the biscuit by putting ice cream over it 3-4 cm thick. Spread on generously.

            Now again line with the biscuits like said above. Soak it following the instructions given above. ( Don't use too much water). Now again spread ice-cream. 

             Now cover the lid and pop it in the freezer. Keep it overnight. Next day you can cut it up and serve with choco sauce.

Suggestions.

               For me cooking is about EXPERIMENTATION!!  So you can follow me and do whatever you want but I say THE WATER IS TRICKYYY